Alexander Heights is a suburb of

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Western Australia within the

City of Wanneroo The City of Wanneroo is a local government area with city status in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It is centred approximately north of Perth's central business district and forms part of the northern boundary of the Perth ...

. Originally named in 1977 as "Alinjarra", an Aboriginal word for "north", this suburb was renamed Alexander Heights in 1987. The name is derived from Alexander Drive, the main arterial road into the area, which forms the suburb's eastern boundary. The road was in turn named after Mr S.B. Alexander, a former Wanneroo Road Board member. The suburb contains the Alinjarra Primary School, which covers from kindergarten to year 6. It hosts a range of sports programs and English courses to help the large number of recent immigrants, mostly of African, Arabic, Irish or English descent, moving into the area.

Transport

The suburb is linked to the Perth CBD by the 360 and 361

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bus routes that run between

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and Alexander Heights Shopping Centre on Mirrabooka Avenue on the west side of the suburb. The 344 bus route also connects the suburb with

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Bus

* 344 Warwick Station to Galleria Bus Station – serves Mirrabooka Avenue, Errina Road, Azelia Street, The Avenue, Whitcombe Way, Greenpark Road and Alexander Drive * 360 Alexander Heights Shopping Centre to

(limited stops) – serves Mirrabooka Avenue and

Marangaroo Drive Marangaroo Drive is an arterial east-west road located in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. This road was originally part of Warwick Road, but in the late 1970s, Warwick Road was realigned, so the section of Warwick Road that wa ...

* 361 Alexander Heights Shopping Centre to

(limited stops) – serves Mirrabooka Avenue, Griffon Way, Hillcrest Road, Errina Road, Azelia Street, The Avenue, Whitcombe Way, Greenpark Road and Alexander Drive * 375 Alexander Heights Shopping Centre to

Mirrabooka Bus Station Mirrabooka bus station is a Transperth bus station in Mirrabooka, Western Australia, Mirrabooka approximately 12 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. It has 12 stands and is served by 14 Transperth routes operated by Path Transit and S ...

– serves Mirrabooka Avenue, Griffon Way, Hillcrest Road and Errina Road * 376 Whitfords Station to

– serves Mirrabooka Avenue * 377 Alexander Heights Shopping Centre to

– serves Mirrabooka Avenue and

* 378 Alexander Heights to

– serves Northumberland Avenue, Cromwell Road, The Avenue, Greenpark Road and Alexander Drive

References

Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs of the City of Wanneroo {{PerthAU-geo-stub